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Featured Experts in Series 2

	Elsa Jones Elsa Jones is a qualified Nutritional Therapist from the Collegeof Naturopathic Medicine. Nutritional therapy applies nutritional science to alleviate illness, promote optimal health, peak performance and disease prevention. At her private clinic in Dublin, Elsa offers one to one consultations and nutritional solutions for clients based on their individual needs and goals. Elsa writes a weekly nutrition column for the Evening Herald and a monthly article for Irish Parent Magazine. She also presents ‘How Healthy Are You?’ on TV3. As well as presenting the series, Elsa is also behind the concept of the series itself, which arose out of her own desire to educate individuals on how to take their health into their own hands. www.elsajonesnutrition.ie
	Patrick Holford Patrick Holford is a pioneer in new approaches to health and nutrition, specialising in the field of mental health. He is widely regarded as Britain’s best-selling author and leading spokesman on nutrition and mental health issues, hence being frequently quoted in national newspapers from the Daily Mail to the Guardian. Patrick is also popular on radio shows and national television as a presenter, interviewer and guest. Patrick lectures and conducts workshops throughout the world on a wide range of topics, to the public, health professionals and the medical profession. www.patrickholford.com
	John O’Connell John O’Connell is one of Ireland’s leading health and fitness experts. Having extensive experience working as a personal trainer in a wide variety of gyms in Ireland and abroad, John has trained thousands of clients and has also developed many advanced training programmes for fitness staff. He has an impressive client list which boasts a number of celebrities and professional organizations including the Irish Police Force and the New Zealand All Blacks. He is a level 2 internationally certified Strength and Conditioning Coach through PICP. John features as our Fitness expert througout the series. www.sffitnesscamps.com
	Allison Keating Allison Keating (pictured left) is a registered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland and Director of the bWell Clinic in Malahide for the last six years. The bWell Clinic is a psychology clinic that works extensively with anxiety and panic disorders, phobias, relationship issues, eating disorders, trauma and depression. At the clinic we use CBT which is evidence based solution focused therapy, Psycho-dynamics which sets to understand and alleviate the origin of the issue and Positive Psychology which works on helping the client become aware of the strengths and competencies that they already possess to help them in their therapeutic process. www.bwell.ie
	Owen Connolly Owen Connolly is a consultant psychologist and marriage and family therapist, in private practice in, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.. He is co-Author of the book Parenting for the Millennium, a best selling book on childcare, and Author of Standing on the Shoulders of Giants – From Father to Dad, a parenting book for fathers. He lectures in childcare and parenting and is Chairman of the Nurture Institute of Further Education for Parents, which runs parenting courses and day-long seminars on fatherhood throughout the greater Dublin area. www.counsellor.ie
	Siobhán McKenna Siobhan is a life coach and meditation instructor. She runs a wellness centre in Dublin called Perfect Health Ireland which provides workshops & consultations for both private individuals & companies. The aim is to help you identify the imbalances in your life, teach you how to correct them, and help you develop a nurturing daily routine. Clients also learn to release emotions in a healthy way so that they don’t build up in your physiology. Most importantly, as your stress is eliminated, your mind and body begin to function with maximum effectiveness, creating health, vitality and happiness. www.perfecthealth.ie
	Aisling Killoran Aisling Killoran is a consultant Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist and director of Accomplish Change Clinic in Dublin. Aisling has over 10,000 clinical hours and is committed to the advancement and promotion of both diverse and transformational healing methods that promote self empowerment in dealing with difficulties such as phobias, fears and many more. One of Ireland’s leading HypnoFertility and HypnoBirthing Experts in supporting couples maximise their fertility by addressing the emotional side of fertility and achieve the best state of mind/ body connection to prepare for natural conception, Pregnancy and birth along with helping women undergo IVF, IUI, ICSI, and other medical procedures. www.accomplishchange.ie
	Siobhan O’ Rourke Siobhan has worked in the area of special needs and challenging behaviour for over thirty years. Siobhan spent a year at The Tizard Centre at the University of Kent in Cantebury as part of a team researching challenging behaviour and community integration. As a free-lance practitioner, Siobhan has worked with many statutory and voluntary organisations providing a range of services from staff training, crisis intervention, consultancy and challenging behaviour intervention. Siobhan established ‘Positive Intervention’ – a service which offers support and intervention to families with children with special needs and/or challenging behaviour. Her approach is very practical, effective and down to earth. www.positivebehaviourchange.com
	Dr. Harry Barry Dr Harry Barry is a Drogheda based practitioner who has almost 35 years experience as a medical doctor with most of that spent as a GP. He has a long standing interest in mental health and in particular in improving our understanding of the role of neuroscience in both the cause and indeed the treatment of the main mental health illnesses such as major depression, anxiety disorders, addiction and indeed suicide itself. He has written two books on the subject – ‘Flagging the Problem – a new approach to mental health’ (Liberties Press) and ‘Flagging the Therapy –pathways out of depression and anxiety’ (Liberties Press). Dr Barry is a Board member of Aware and a regular contributor to local and national media. His email is hbarry@ireland.com
	Declan Keane Director of ReproMed Diagnostic Laboratories and Consultancy Services, Mr. Keane has carved out a long and distinguished career in assisted and natural conception, working in senior embryology positions in Ireland and America. Mr. Keane was part of a team of specialists to introduce intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); cryopreservation of semen; and cryopreservation of embryos and oocytes into Ireland. He firmly supports the role of integrated care involving, holistic and complimentary therapies in the field of fertility treatment. Mr. Keane and his wife Fionnula have three young children. www.repromed.ie
	Karen Costin Karen began her practice 18 years ago after training under the guidance of Professor J.R. Worsley, the world-renowned professor of 5 Element Acupuncture. Karen works primarily with women who are either pregnant, or trying to get pregnant and finding it difficult to conceive. Using 5 Element Acupuncture, she has helped women to overcome PCOS, endometriosis, blocked tubes and unexplained infertility to go on to conceive either naturally, or with the help of fertility treatments. In addition she has worked with many patients during pregnancy to reduce anxiety, blood pressure and generally improve the wellbeing of the body during this potentially stressful process. She works with patients on post-natal care, including the treatment of depression, assisting lactation and exhaustion. www.karencostin.com
	Declan Rothwell Psychocalisthenics (Pcals) is a sequence of 23 movement and breathing exercises that activate the flow of vital energy through all organs, glands and tissues. Declan Rothwell B.Sc. Lic.Ac. OMBAcC has been a Certified Pcals Teacher for 21 years. He has been teaching this fantastic exercise for revitalisation regularly in Ireland and has taught pcals with Patrick Holford as part of Patrick Holford’s Health Workshops. Declan is also busy practising Classical Five Element Acupuncture in Dublin and is about to open a College of Five Element Acupuncture. www.pcals.com
	Kamilla Harra Kamilla Harra is a systematic kinesiologist and a light-grids practitioner. She places a strong emphasis on natural nutrition and health-nurturing lifestyle to empower her clients to maintain a high level of personal well-being. Kamilla studied Psychology in Trinity College Dublin and holds a Diploma in Kinesiology with the Academy of Systematic Kinesiology. She is also a member of the Association of Systematic Kinesiology Ireland. She also practices Light-grids and Light-points techniques to assist her clients with deeper issues and emotions. Her goal in her work is to bring more happiness, health and harmony into people’s lives by helping them achieve a more radiant well-being on all levels. Kamilla shares her practice between Artane, Dublin 5 and Maynooth, Co. Kildare. www.soulsradiance.com